Chinese–English

大爷

dà yé · da ye/dà ye · da ye

Traditional 大爺

HSK 4

Meaning

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dà yé 大爺

  1. arrogant idler
  2. self-centered show-off

dà ye 大爺

  1. (coll.) father's older brother
  2. uncle
  3. term of respect for older man
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大
dà

big; large; great; older (than another person)

爷
yé

grandpa; old gentleman

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Definitions adapted from CC-CEDICT, published by MDBG and its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0. Pinyin display and entry grouping have been adapted.

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